Tag: AG Barr
Barr Britvic merger bites the dust, revised offer rejected
THE proposed merger of soft drinks firms AG Barr and Britvic was finally called off last month shortly after competition authorities gave a green...
The nation’s thirst for fizz – Soft drinks
AS Mark Thomson’s analysis on page 40 pointed out, Scottish consumers are very keen on soft drinks.
And soft drinks is certainly a category where...
Summer bubbles – New flavour from Barr
AG BARR has given its fizzy drinks range the summertime blues with the launch of a limited-edition Bubblegum flavour.
Available until early October, the company...
Juice feels the squeeze
Smoothies buck the downward trend to grow 6.9% in value
JUICE, juice drinks and fruit squashes traditionally do well in summer compared to the rest...
Scots avoid a wet loss – AG Barr
WIND, rain, grey skies ... nothing keeps Scots from their soft drinks, especially if they are bright orange and made from girders.
AG Barr reported...
The price of confidence – PMP’s
IT seems hard to imagine but there was a time when price-marked packs were few and far between in c-stores. In the days before...
Convenience fuel – essential soft drinks
Though growth has slowed compared to the stellar performance of last year, soft drinks still provide massive turnover for c-stores
AS the figures quoted in...
Innovation aids soft progress
SOFT drinks is a highly resilient category. While other categories have slowed in the face of economic challenges, soft drinks have have returned value...
Exotic and cool – Rubicon from Barr
THE tropical flavours of the Rubicon soft drink range – the UK’s biggest-selling exotic drink brand according to Nielsen Scantrack – form the basis...
Secret of Barr’s success? Plenty of bottles
PACK size is the key to maximising bottled water sales, according to AG Barr.
Its brand, Strath-more, grew 10% year on year in the...
Barr fires 2014 starting pistol – commemorative can launch
THE commercial build-up to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games has started with AG Barr’s launch of the first in a series of commemorative Irn-Bru...
Squeezed sector shows its bottle
While many soft drinks categories have done well in the recession – as consumers looked for affordable treats and entertaining moved to the home...
Achieving a hat trick – CJ Lang
Three in a row for CJ Lang, and United Wholesale Grocers does a double as 2013’s Achievers event sees Scotland’s wholesale industry recognise its...
The big question – referendum on independence in 2014
Wholesalers conference to debate Scottish independence
SWA Annual Conference, 14 - 16 June 2013, Crieff Hydro
AS Scotland gears up for the referendum on independence in...
Ethnic pick – Rubicon enters frozen market
AG Barr has extended its Rubicon exotic juice brand into the freezer cabinet with a range of mango, lychee and passion fruit ice cream...
